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View ArticleOde to Electricity: A Nighttime Romp Through the Energy Capital of the World
Who says Houston isn’t fast-paced and funky when the sun goes down? If you’ve got a minute, check out this time-lapse video made by Spenser Harrison. It takes in all the lit-up hotspots in H-Town:...
View ArticleComment of the Day: Those I-45 Express Lane Plans Are Cute Now But Just Wait...
“Fine with these updates, provided the Pierce [Elevated] still gets torn down. Express lanes might seem like a good idea, but they’ll most likely be hindered by limited ingress/egress and often...
View ArticleComment of the Day: Take Care of the Other Burials Before Putting I-45 In The...
“I don’t understand why people want to bury the Pierce Elevated. That seems like something to put onto the table after all the murders are solved and money starts to rain down from the sky. Can someone...
View ArticleThe Odds on a Pierce Elevated Comedown
Writing in the latest issue of Texas Architect magazine — which is now debuting a redone website with a new web address and a new all-articles-are-now free policy — Ben Koush surveys the prospects for...
View ArticleComment of the Day: An Alternate Route for Cleaning Up Downtown’s Image
“Well, if the problem is defined as ‘Pierce Elevated drivers see blight’ — then one solution is to get rid of the blight; another is to get rid of the Pierce Elevated. It’s probably obvious by now...
View ArticleLatest Mindboggling TxDOT Video Shows Off Rainbow Tangles of Spaghetti-tastic...
Having trouble sifting through some of the massive freeway jumbles in the latest plans for that major I-45 reroute between Downtown and the Beltway? This new video (making the rounds this month as...
View ArticleThe Pierce Elevated Skypark Plan Isn’t Dead Yet
“You can’t just wait until the day that TxDOT asks you what to do with it,” Tami Merrick tells Stephen Paulsen in the Houston Press this morning, in reference to her involvement with the small group...
View ArticleThe Art Guys’ Walking Building by the Pierce Elevated Isn’t Going Anywhere
Last year, Boxer Property told reporters it wanted to do something “iconic” with the St. Joseph’s Professional Building along the Pierce Elevated. Well, how about this idea: bringing the 18-story...
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